Shira-Byoshi (白拍子) is a type of song and dance that was popular during the Heian period. The term “Shira-Byoshi” also referred to the courtesans who performed the dance in male attire, wearing a standing eboshi (烏帽子) hat on a white Suikan (水干) overwear and dancing with a Shiro-Saya-Maki–no-Tachi (白鞘巻太刀), an ornamental sword. Hara-Sho-Kai (原笙会) developed its original Shira-Byoshi dance to the music called Ima-Yo-Etenraku (今様越天楽).
